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Director
  
Michael Curtiz

Story by
  
Erle Stanley Gardner

Country
  
United States

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Crime, Drama

Duration
  

Language
  
English

The Case of the Curious Bride movie poster

Release date
  
April 13, 1935 (1935-04-13)

Based on
  
novel by Erle Stanley Gardner

Writer
  
Tom Reed (screen play), Erle Stanley Gardner (story), Brown Holmes (additional dialogue)

Film series
  
The Case of the Howling Dog Film Series

Cast
  
Warren William
(Perry Mason),
Claire Dodd
(Della Street),
Errol Flynn
(Gregory Moxley),
Margaret Lindsay
(Rhoda),
Donald Woods
(Carl),
Allen Jenkins
(Spudsy)

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Tagline
  
Perry Mason returns

The case of the curious bride 1935


The Case of the Curious Bride is a 1935 mystery film, the second in a series starring Warren William as Perry Mason, following The Case of the Howling Dog. The script was based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Erle Stanley Gardner, published by William Morrow and Company, which proved to be one of the most popular of all the Perry Mason novels.

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The movie marked Errol Flynn's first appearance in a Hollywood film. He appears twice, as a corpse and in flashback towards the end.

Plot

Rhoda Montaine learns that her first husband, Gregory Moxley, is still alive, which makes things awkward for her, since she has remarried Carl, the son of wealthy C. Phillip Montaine. She turns to Perry Mason for help, but when he goes to see Moxley, he finds only his corpse. Rhoda is arrested for murder.

Cast

  • Warren William as Perry Mason
  • Margaret Lindsay as Rhoda Montaine
  • Donald Woods as Carl Montaine
  • Claire Dodd as Della Street, Mason's secretary
  • Allen Jenkins as Spudsy Drake, Mason's assistant
  • Phillip Reed as Dr. Claude Millbeck
  • Barton MacLane as Chief Detective Joe Lucas
  • Wini Shaw as Doris Pender
  • Warren Hymer as Oscar Pender
  • Olin Howland as Coroner Wilbur Strong
  • Charles Richman as C. Phillip Montaine
  • Errol Flynn in his first-released American screen appearance, as Gregory Moxley
  • Mayo Methot as Florabelle Lawson

    • Production

    Warner Bros announced they bought the film rights in May 1934. The same month they announced they had purchased the film rights to Captain Blood, which would also star Errol Flynn. Warners had earlier bought the rights to Gardner's Case of the Howling Dog and announced they would make the two films with Warren William as Perry Mason, with plans for an additional four films. Alan Crosland was originally announced as director but the job eventually went to Michael Curtiz.

    Filming started early 1935. Errol Flynn, described as an "Irish leading man of the London stage" was signed in February.

    Reception

    The Chicago Daily Tribune praised the film's "laudable speed and suspense". The Los Angeles Times liked William's performance but thought his character "was almost too darn clever."

    Home media

    On October 23, 2012, Warner Home Video released the film on DVD in Region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection alongside The Case of the Howling Dog, The Case of the Lucky Legs, The Case of the Velvet Claws, The Case of the Black Cat and The Case of the Stuttering Bishop in a set entitled Perry Mason: The Original Warner Bros. Movies Collection. This is a manufacture-on-demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and only in the US.

    References

    The Case of the Curious Bride Wikipedia
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    The Case of the Curious Bride IMDb The Case of the Curious Bride themoviedb.org